"What's all this talk I hear about the Right Wing Conspiracy trying to Swift Boat another Democrat War Hero. What was that? She was never in Iraq? She made up the entire story? Well that's different. Nevermind."
Posted on 03/26/2007 11:19:51 AM PDT by pitinkie
Edited on 03/26/2007 11:21:36 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
The New York Times published a lengthy editor's note yesterday. Actually, it published two of them; both are on this site today. This one involves a former naval construction worker who told the Times magazine that she served in Iraq, was in a Humvee that blew up, and was raped twice while serving in the Navy.
The Slimes said in a statement that she thought she was in Iraq.
More "fake but accurate" journalism, I see.
Gotta hit that deadline! Facts be damned, journalistic standards to the winds!!
Why let a little thing like the truth get in the way of a good anti-military story?
Rick Leventhal is staying on their case!
Summary: We couldn't prove it was true before the deadline, so since it might make the war (and by extension the President) look bad, we ran it anyway.
-Jayson Blair
I thought that was Walter Duranty.
I read a statement made by the author's significant other that basically raises the fake but accurate defense.
Funny the NYT isn't invoking "Rather rules"
Interesting stuff here...
And yet the big shots at the NYTimes can't figure out why ciculation is in decline?
ciculation=circulation
"What's all this talk I hear about the Right Wing Conspiracy trying to Swift Boat another Democrat War Hero. What was that? She was never in Iraq? She made up the entire story? Well that's different. Nevermind."
From the headline, I thought this was about Rosie O'JeezImFat.
Can the Slimes be sued for slander/libel? This was a knowing lie.
Someone probably identified the fraud and the NYSlimes probably then went out and offered their "source" some sort of payments if she'd cooperate in officially being outed as a fraud - instead of just admiting their own complete lack of due diligence because she made a "story" that - like Dan Rather - they believed was true.
Remember, liberal/leftist journalism is a religion, not an objective profession.
Hey, as long as she imagined she was in Iraq, the NY Slimes can rely upon "her truth" just as surely as any 'Rats can proclaim "my truth" (ala former Gov. McGreevey). It does not matter if there are any facts at hand -- for "fake but accurate" journalism to work, the DBM needs only present the ravings of any libs who care to be quoted. Oh, and if they don't care to be quoted or named, that's fine too.... "fake but accurate" works just great with all sorts of super-duper secret sources, unnamed "former ambassador" types, secret spies ala Valerie Plame, etc.
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